Long winded but really great points here. I surged up and down with the class of gear I was buying as I was getting influence by the Youtuber reviews. You can carry ONE Exped MegaMat or EIGHT Nemo Eclipse air pads. Huge difference in packout when you start standardizing on flat pack/backpacking...
Ahh yes... the "youre' not a real unless" comments are flowing goood goood....
I used to love that from the Harley crowd when I was riding motorcycles.... or not.
Then again, i don't own a Bronco anymore, so why am I here? I think because I miss it dearly.
I get the purists.. 2 doors, V8, yeah, they should always make that.
Reality: The Bronco is too small for overlanding with more than two people, even a four door.
You don't, you convert to a RockJock 4-link back there and move on with your life. Caveat: it requires dropping the axle and welding, but any shop who's been installing these on Gladiators can handle it.
Personally, I like the look of these two:
The MXT275 puts all the controls into the microphone but is a little older. The MXT115P has noise canceling to filter out background noise and is a little newer. There is another model imminent that may be worth waiting for.
There are 50W versions...
I get it, but also sometimes its handy to make your own thread on something specific so that all your relevant opinions needed are collected in one spot instead of being scattered shotted across many years and many threads of opinions. Then again, you can just ask ChatGPT or Claude to crawl the...
I agree this looks nice. Had I kept the Bronco my plan was to install the TOR b-pillar brace (to quiet down the creakyness of the hardtop) and the molle panel was a bonus.
If anyone is still debating this, this is the advice I gave someone on Reddit yesterday:
Daily Driver = No, skip it. Worse fuel economy.
Toy / Fun Vehicle = Do it, do it now.
The improvements it makes to the transmission and torque are FANTASTIC. Though, my experience is with the 2.7L if that...